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this observation, because we think the justice of it is fully supported by the event, of the trials at the last Old Bailey Sessions. A case has very recently oc curred no less extraordinary than the foregoing fact ; we mean the case of Mr. Richard Archdall, who was committed for trial, and two or three applications re fused to reduce the amount of bail required, which was himself in 1,0001., and two sureties in 5001. each, or four in 2501. each. On application to a Judge of the Court of King's Bench, an order was made for his discharge on entering into his own recognizances for 5001. to appear and answer at the next Quarter Sessions for Westminster. We cannot fail to be struck with this circumstance, because we feel morally certain the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench would not have made this Order unless fully satisfied of the entire innocence of the party of the offence charged, and that there was no sort of ground for the abominable ac cusation. There is a mystery in this affair, .not very creditable to his accuser, and, but for the respect which is due to a Magistrate, we should say that there must have been a remissness on his part in examin ing into the charge. We feel, however, called upon to add, that we say this solely upon the event of the application of the accused to a Judge, and that we are unable to point out in what particular the remiss ness occurred. We conclude here for the present, but we shall keep a sharp look out at the Police-offices, and, doubtless, the Magistrates shall hear of us again if we find them inattentive to the warning l a t e ly g i ven t h em , by Judge and Jury, at the Old Bailey. From the New York Papers of the 2d September. We have been favoured with the perusal of a letter from Bo gota, dated the 19th July, from which we make the fol lowing extracts, giving the details of a horrible murder in that city With feelings of the deepest regret, I have to inform you of the death of our mutual friend, J. H. E. Fudger, Esq., the American Consul, who was most inhumanly murdered in his own bed on the night of the 13th instant : he was stabbed through the heart with his own sword, his throat cut from ear to ear, and his trunks rifled of their contents. Several persons are in prison on suspi cion, but our police is so defective, that I am afraid the perpetra tors will 'escape. His funeral took place the following day, and was attended by a large concourse of citizens and foreigners.— The inhabitants of Bogota sincerely mourn his loss, and regret that their city has become the scene of so foul a deed. Govern ment has given orders to all civil and military authorities to spare no exertions to discover the murderers, and Senor Ravenga, Secre tary of Foreign Affairs, is particularly active on the occasion. An Address, signed by several hundred of the most respectable inha bitants has been handed to the Government, expressing their grief at so horrid a transaction. According to accounts from Vienna, the sudden de pression of nearly two and a hal/per cent. in the Austrian Metalliques is ascribed to reports in circulation that the whole of the Austrian Royal family will speedily assemble together, for the purpose of specifically de fining the succession to the Austrian throne ; mental imbecility in a member of that family rendering such a Pleasure indispensable. Others suppose that the heir apparent has become inimical to Prince METTERNICH from his liberal prin ciples, and that the High Priest of the Holy Alliance has contrived, or is endeavouring to contrive, to prevent his accession. If so, nothing is more plausible than an imputation of mental imbecility supported too,by the undoubted experience of such a discerning member of the Sanitary corps as Prince METTERNICH—the unrivalled professor of liberal principle's, with their " chains and slavery !" MR. JOHN WILK.% JUN.— This Gentleman applied yesterday at Guildhall, to Sir JOHN PERRINO, for a warrant against the Editor of the Times newspaper, for a libel. Sir JOHN heard what the complainant had to say, but declined granting a warrant. The libel complained of appeared ifi the paper named, in the shape of a letter. This is another unerring proof, if any were wanting, of the sanity of the Honourable Member, and thy ex tent of his legal abilities. Our Readers will be convinced, after looking at what occurred at Bow-street Police Office yesterday, that there is no portion of our jurisprudence which re quires emendation more than that relating to mad-houses. It, is really melancholy to see the shocking barbarities which these straight jacket men are allowed to practice upon unoffenaing individuals through the instrumen tality of interested, relations, and greedy but disappointed fortune hunters, who, failing, from misconduct or un- worthiness to merit the esteem of their reputed wealthy relatives, resort to the odious trick of imputing madness to them, and then have their feelings out raged by the intrusive presence of ruffians, t ill they are really alrected in their minds. The public have no idea to what extent these abominable practices are carried on in secret, but the enormity of their amount is tremendous. .vvi at is m ' ore eag y than for wily individu a l s to entrap unsuspecting persons, and hurry th e m off to the keeping of private bed !mites, who ask no questions, provided they are well paid. But in saying this w e do not mean to insinuate that there are not a great number of most respectable individuals keeping private receptacles whose characters are above reproach, and even sus picion. We only lament that such facilities should be allowed to worthless and designing men, without a corresponding check upon their conduct, and a punish ment sufficiently severe to deter similar conspirators from practising such outrageous attacks upon the persons, lives, and fortunes of men living in a free country, and under the especial guardianship of the laws. It io reported in the City, that the Vice-Chancellor, in his haste to visit Naples, actually forgot to sign his various judg ment% prior to his leaving this country, which, if true, will prove of serious injury to the suitors in that Court, and cannot but be attended with great inconvenience to all parties. bovEtt, SEPT. 28.—Arrived from Calais'his Ma jesty's packet Spitfire, Captain Hamilton, with her Excellency the Countess De L'Alcudia and her (sillily, who proceeded immediately for London to the residence I f her h us b and the Spanish Ambassador. The Right ir,"' the Earl o f Liverpool will hold a Sessions for ,uover Hsrbour on Monday next. THE FUNDS. CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The English Funds have remained all the morning without any business of importance, and the only alteration in Commis has been their advance, from their opening price of SO Ito 80k for the account, and per Cent. lower for money. The Fore►gn Funds are dull, prices are heavy and a shade lower ; Mexican are 611 ; Colombian, 341 5 ; Chilian, 35 6. Shares remain in the same dormant state, with the exception of Brazilian Mines, which are higher, and quoted at 14 15 pm. Three per Cent. Consols, SO 1; Ditto for Account, 801 India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 30 2 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 15 16 pm. Fourton FUNDS.—Brazilian, 65 6; Buenos Ayres, 60 1 ; Chilian, 35 7 ; Colombian, 1824, 341 5 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 51 2 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 611 2 ; Danish, 571 81 ; Greek, , 131 14 ; Russian, 83 I; Peruvian, 26 7; Spanish, 101 1. MtNits.—Anglo Mexican, 521 50 die. ; United Mexican, 14 13 dis. ; Pasco Peruvian, 11 10 die. ; Brazilian, 13 15 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 5 15 p►n. ; Bolivar, 1 3 pm. ; Colombian, 5 6 per Share. SHAaxs.—British Iron Company, SO 28 die. Two o' CThck. Consols have been 1301, buyers, but have gone back to 84 ; 4 per Cents. 95i ; India Bonds, 28 30 ; Exchequer Bills, 15 a 18 pm. ; Mexican Bonds, 61H 4 ; Colombian, 34 J, ; Chilian, 36 ; Brazil Mines, 14 a 16 pm. T 11REE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 80A k. - FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 80k 4 Danish Bonds 57- 3 Do. for At 80k Greek Do. 1825 14 Brazilian Bonds 61 Mexican Do. 1825, 61i Buenos Ayres Do. 61 Peruvian Do. 271 Milan Do. 36 Russian Do. Columbian, 1824, 34-1. Spanish Do. 101 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S—(THis DAY.) DIAL, SIPT. 29.—Wind S.S.E.—Passed the Nancy, Scott, Phebe, Reid, and Tyne, —, all from Jamaica for London. The whole of the outward bound have sailed, and are round the South Foreland. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 29.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Hebe, Haviside, from Rio.—Passed the George, Brooks, from Tobago. His Majesty's ship Naiad is released from quarantine, and with his Majesty's ship Arachne, come into harbour. PLysiounr, &Err. 28.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Bolivar, Hard, from St. John's, N.B. MARGATE, Sire. 29.—Arrived the Olive Branch, from the Cape. Hasmos, Sim 29.—Arrived, Apollo, Blyth, from Bar- Lice; Mars, M'Clare, from Jamaica; Brunswick, Blake, from Quebec; Soniersetshire, Rosa, from Jamaica; Stranger, Ritchie, from Quebec ; and Domingo, Hughes, from Hayti. Musono, SEPT. 28.-- r Wind W.S.W.—Sailed, his Majesty's ship Diamond, Captain Lord Napier, with Sir C. Stewart and suite, for the Channel. Aatmanam, SEPT. 26.—The Victory, Rubarth, from Arch angel to Amsterdam, was wrecked on the Englishman's Flat on the 18th inst., crew saved; about 400 or 500 barrels of pitch, marked L, supposed to be part of the Victory's cargo, have been driven on shore at Terschelling. The Anne, Poe, Stag, Lashley, and William, Henry, which were sent into Monte Video for breach of blockade, bound to Buenos Ayres, have arrived at Rio de Janeiro for adjudication. The Anne is reported to have . gunpowder on board. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET—(Tits DAY. ) When Sir RICHARD BIRNIE took his seat this morning, a man came into the office, and addressing Sir RICHARD, that he came all the way from Yorkshire to sec the protection of the Bow-street Magistrates. He was a tim ber-merchant, and had lately entered into a contract of a serious nature with other persons in that trade. About a fortnight ago he was taken forcibly from home, and_con fined in a lunatic asylum. After having been kept there for ten days he contrived to effect his escape, fearing that if he should return home, he should be imprisoned again, he resolved rather to walkt'to London, and throw himself on the protection of the Magistrates. Sir R. BIRNTE—Had those who sent you to the lunatic asylum a certificate of the state of your mind ?. Applicant—They had ; but it was all a conspiracy to defraud me of my property. Sir RtenAub—Then I cannot interfere—it is out of my jurisdiction : you had better apply to the Lord Chan cellor, the legal protector of lunatics. The appliimni then asked Sir Richard to give him a note to the Chancellor, which being denied, he left the office. MARLBOROUGH-STREET—(Taus DAY.) AWFUL EFFECTS OF DRINKING.—Mr. Coomber, the night-constable of St. Giles's watch-house, stated to Mr. DYER, that last night a decent-looking man was brought to the watch-house in a state of extreme intoxication. He was in a complete phrenzy, and was foaming at the mouth. Being brought in this state by the watchman, Coomber thought it most prudent to send him to the workhouse, where he could have medical assistance.— This , _morning, however, he was found dead in his bed. William Norton,' a youth of 18, was charged by his father, of No. 11, Carnaby-street, with stealing a cramp and a saw. The prisoner had been connected with thieves for three years, and the father prosecuted him in the hope of reclaiming him. He was fully committed. Mary Jones, alias Waterloo Tom, the female who served as a private soldier in several engagements during the Peninsula war, and carried her wounded officer from the field of battle to a place of safety, was charged for the 18th time with being drunk and creating a mob in the street. She is at present receiving a pension of ninepence per day from Government. She received a remonstrance from Mr. DYER, and was discharged. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ARCNDALL. Mr. BUTLER attended on the part of Mr. Harmer, to complain of a mis-statement in the Mies of this morning, which he stated would imply that the circumstance of Co. Archdall being liberated on his own recognizance of 5001. was connived at, or bad not been properly opposed by Mr. Harmer. The fact Was, that instead of being libe rated on that sum, he had been ordered to find two sureties of 1501. each, in addition to his own re cognizance, and he could only impute it to some mistake of the Judge's Clerk, or to the fact of bail being put in pre vious to the order baying been Written. He (Mr. B.) had himself opposed the application at the Judge's Chambers, and had given notice to Mr. Withers of such an intention, and he should not wish the public to infer that he had been liberated on his own recognizance. The Magistrate assured h i m that that was the Jud ge's order which was absolute, and not subjected to the re flection of the Magistrates. On ascertaining which, Mr. Butler observed that bail must have been put in before the order was written. MARYLEBONE..—(Tigis DAY.) Thomas Walter and Evelina, his wife, were placed at the bar, on a eh - fg.iiincomptleotwea,rds their infant child. The evidencearifie o 1 -"sage by reason of Mrs. 4 , ( 1: , 7 t d );v,e'3 daughter not having come forward, the case was for a future hearing. FlRE. — Last night, about twelve o'clock, arid the n e i g hb ourhood were alarmed by the appearance o f flames issuing from the house a Mr. Smith, painter, widport-p lace New North Road, lioxt en. , Hoxton The fire broke out in the lower_ un part of the house. Th e speed arrival of the Allian ce and R fire engines, With the Activity of . the firemen, confined the thruage to Mr. Smith's house, w h ich is completely gutted. ATTEMPT AT Suiciny..--This morning, betwe en seven and eight o'clolk, th e f amily of Leggatt, Esq. of liar ley-street, Cavendish-square, was thrown into the greatest alarm, -in consequence of a young feniale, named Maria Cloodger, in the service of the family as nursery-maid, having attempted to put a ,A. period t o h er existence by h ang i ng. ~ unfutuntste Attachment is supposed to have been the elktM. MEETING of the NETHERLAND PATENT • SALT COMPANY—(This DAT). A considerable number of the Shareholders and Trustees of this Company assembled this morning at the office of Messrs. Willis, Watson and Co., in Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. ' Before the Meeting commenced, it was evident there was a dread of something wrong, and it appeared that a report had been industriously circulated that the agents of the Company in the Netherlands were about to dispose of the buildings recently erected there, and other property, without the concurrence or even advice of the Proprietary. At length the Chair was taken by -- Williams,, Esq. A gentleman named `KNIGHT, Solicitor to the Trustees, rose and stated that he had heard a false and scandalous reportmhich was afloat, as well as many other gentlemen present. He would, however,give them all the information in his power on the subject. They were aware that a patent had been 'promised to the Company by ,the King of the Netherlands, as soon as they were prepared to commence business. In consequence of this promise, works and buildings had been erected in Rotterdam and , Ghent, the expense of which. had already amounted to between 20 and 30 thousand pounds,the greaterpart of which hadbeen advanced by their accredited ag ents, Messrs. Boudin and Furnival, and the Trustees were , responsible for their re-payment. In the early part of the pre sent month, about the time it was expected they would be enabled to commence operations, letters had been received from Messrs. Boudin and Co. stating that the Government Of the Netherlands now refused the patent they had before promised; and this change had been eaused by the jealousy of the resident salt manufacturers. For the present state of things, they, Messrs. B. and F. thought it would be--best to dispose of their works, &c. and that they had given instructions to that effect, not intending to be at any greater outlay themselves.— In his answer he had expressly forbid such mode of pro ceeding, until the late correspondence with the Govern ment was produced, and submitted to the inspection of the proprietary, under whose decision they were bound to act. Such was the state of their affairs at present, and as soon as the documents arrived, ageneral meeting would be called. A SHAREHOLDER wished- to know whether their deeds were not in the hands of Messrs. Boudin and Furnival, and if so, whether it was not in their power to sell the property and pay themselves. It was stated iii answer, that, as intended patentees, the deeds were certainly in the hands of those gentlemen, but they could not make any use of them on their own account. Another SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether if the property should be sold, the money would, in the first place, go to liquidate the advances made by Mr. Furnival ? To this question no direct answer was given • but the general opinion appeared to be th a t t h e y s h ou ld ;lave their money refunded in case of a sale of a property, it being stated that if the money had been borrowed from any source unconnected with the Society, it. must be paid. A long, desultory, and somewhat stormy conversation followed; but a pledge was given by the Chairman that no steps whatever would be taken without the concurrence of the Proprietary, obtained at a General Meeting, The Meeting then adjourned. LANARKSHIRE COUNTY MEETING. On Saturday, a meeting of the Noblemen, Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply of the County of Lanark, was held in the Court-house, Hamilton, for the purpose of drawing up, and transmit ting to overnment, a representation of the distress ex isting generally throughout the country. His Grace the Duke of Hamilton in , the Chair. The Clerk read over a report, of which the following is an abstract : " From the commencement of the distress, no alleviation had taken place until the time of harvest, when the number of opera tives requiring assistance had rather diminished'; but it could hardly be said,' that, during the last six months, there had been any diminution in the actual sufferings of the weaving population. —A good wexver could tot saris more than one shilling per day, which sum could not support existence, especially if that man bed wife and a family ; and it was the opinion of medical men, that fevers and other diseases must be produced by the scantiness of the fare. The iniprovements which had been made iu nuichinery were considered as tending to diminislt'the comforts of the 'show ing classes, by eating up their employment. "The report also stated, that during timer of mercantile prosperi ty, great numbers of Irishmen' were constantly attracted over to assist in our manufactures. This had, no doubt, increased that die tress, which was now come to such a height, that great numbers of the natives of this country were petitioning to be sent to Ame rica, leaving their places to be occupied by an entirely new and extraneous population, the purity of whose morals could bear no comparison with the sober and steady habits of the former natives of the district. " It is stated further, that there were 30,000 hand-weavers in the county, and it was vain to suppose that voluntary bubserip., tions for such a mass of people could be procured. The only plan that could be adopted was,—first, after having obtained ac curate lists of the whole hand-loom weavers in the county, speci fying the number of men, women, and 'children so occupied, to prepare a petition to Parliament, craving the immediate interfer ence of his Majesty's Government, lamenting that the state of the country should be such as to compel a large and industrious popu lation to seek the means of existence in a foreign country : second, to induce the heritors of the different parishes to ascertain the number of houses and workshops occupied by the cotton-weavers, to whom such premises belong, and to whom they are fermi ; and to recommend to all land-proprietor not to grant any feus of ground, without expressly prohibiting the erection of hand-looms, unless sufficient security is given to them for the feuars not falling upon the parish for their support ; third, to correspond with the different counties of Scotland, similarly situated with the county of Lanark, and to obtain the assistance and co-operation of these counties in bringing a bill into Parliament, and carrying it into a law, for the purpose of regulating or preventing parish settle runts of paupers not natives, and for making the owners of houses or buildings, wherein, by means of residence, parish settlements are first obtained, liable to relieve the parish i►► the maintenance of such poor, to the extent of the rent of such houses or build ings, while they remain a charge on the parish." The report was carried. Mr. MoNTErrlt 'dissented to it, but did not press for a division. The Duke of HAMILTON said, lie had on various occa• aims made a statement of the case of the manufacturing population to his Majesty's Government, and urged them to the consideration of the evil ; he had likewise stated the inefficiency of all partial aid ; but he had received for answer, that Ministers did not consider themselves justi, tied in giving any relief to the Weavers in the west of Scotland. _ A --- st;ies of resolutions, embracing th e su b stance o f t h e report, and a petition to Parliament, founded upon them, were agreed to. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. OXFORD, SEPT. 30.—The Rev. Dr. Forster to the Rectory of Quanington, in Lincolnshire; patron, the Mar quis of Bristol. ur.,Fg. On Thursday the Rev. .B. Boraston was elected a Fellow of Q uee n's College, on Mr. Mi c h e l' s f oun d at i on . The Rev. C. W. Hughes, B.A. of C or p us Ch r i st i Col lege, C am b r id ge , has been licensed by the L or d Bi s h o p of Lincol n to t h e Perpetual Curacy of the Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, at Lacey Green, in the County of Bucks. The Rev. Edward Swatman, M.A. has been instituted of Dulvert on , on t h e pr eeentati p n of th e D ean an d Chap by the Lo r d Bi s h op o f Bath and W e ll s to the Vicarage ter of Wells. The Rev. Ch ar l e s Grey Cotes is instituted by the Lord Bishop of Salisb ur y, to the Rectory o f Stanton-St.-Quin ton, Wilts, on the presentation of the Earl of Radnor. In consequence of considerable estates, which had been leased for long terms, having recently fallen into hand, the Feoffees of the King's School iu Sherborne have esta blished four Exhibitions, of GO/. per annum each, for scholars educated on that foundation proceeding to the Universities. One of the Exhibitions has been presented to Mr. D, Evans, of Sherborne, FA SMIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR, SEPT. 29.—His MAJESTY left the Royal Lodge both yesterday and this afternoon at half-past two o'clock, and enjoyed each day an excur sion of three hours, driving himself in his pony phaeton, visiting Virginia Water and other favourite retreats in the Great Park. His MAJESTY was ac companied by Sir Charles Paget, and followed in a second phaeton by the Lord Steward and others of the Royal suite. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday afternoon to St. Leonard's.—This afternoon her Royal Highness passed through Wind sor and Eton for an airing in her open carriage, ac companied by Lady Mary Taylor and Miss Vyse. The Duke of York took an airing in his carriage yesterday, from half-past twelve till near three o'clock. Sir Herbert Taylor, Sir Willoughby Gordon, and Sir Henry Torrens, transacted business with his Royal Highness, at the residence of the Duke - of Rutland, in Arlington -street, yesterday morning. Sir Henry Halford, Dr. Macmichael, Mr. Macgrigor, and Mr. Simpson, visited the Royal Duke yesterday. Yesterday was the birth-day of the Queen of Wir temberg, when her Majesty completed her sixtieth year. The Duke of Sussex paid another visit yesterday to the British Museum, where his Royal Highness inspected the collection of natural history, manu scripts, &c. Mr. Dykes, the King's Messenger, was sent off on Wednesday night, from the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with despatches to Mr. Se cretary Canning at Paris. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Foreign Office to Sir Charles Begot, our Ambassador at the Court of the Netherlands. Sir Henry Halford left town, on Thursday after noon, on a visit to the King, at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor Park. Sir Henry returned to town yester day morning. THE DUKE OF Yonic.—We are happy to state, that the assertion so positively made in some of the Papers, , of his Royal Highness having undergone the operation of tapping, is totally void of foundation. Equally rejoiced are we to be enabled to add, that his Royal Highness is in such a progressive state of im provement as to afford the most reasonable hopes of the full and speedy restoration of his health. The stone-bridge erecting across the Serpentine river in Hyde-park is proceeding rapidly. It consists of five arches, of about 30 feet span. It will be level on the top, without any rise towards the middle, as the arches are all of an equal height. It is building from the design of Mr. Rennie, by Messrs. Jonathan and Banks, the contractors. Earl Bathurst has addressed a letter to the Gover nor of Demerara, which has created a great sensation in that colony. His Lordship states, that Parliament, and his Majesty's Ministers, stand pledged to give the planters an equitable compensation for the tnanumis aton of their slaves, as well as to take such measures as may ultimately, though gradually, work out the entire abolition of slavery. Mathews, in one of his first appearances, while per forming the Ghost in Hamlet, very badly, was hissed'; after bearing it a good while, he put the audience in good humour, by stepping forward and saying,—" La dies and Gentlemen, I am extremely sorry that my humble endeavours to please you are unsuccessful ; but if you are not satisfied, I must give up the ghost." A Dut.tc tyrFut. COUNTRY.—When 1)r. Frank lin travelled through part of Scotland, he was attended by a negro servant, who, estimating the value of land ill proportion to its being clear of wood, as they do in North America, exclaimed, while passing over the barren mountains of Lochaber master, what a fine country is this, where not a single tree is to be seen for miles round !"—Dublin Patriot. WHIMSICAL PUN.—When the Marquess of Tul libardine was at Cambridge, he was the subject of a pun, by the young waggish cantabs, in the following manner.—They took their opportunity and locked the young nobleman up in his apartments, and then callingto their fellows with much clamour, shouted " See Cicero in prison !"--The Marquess was then expostulating through the open window, and begging to be released. " Cicero in prison !" said the puzzled cantabs, not comprehending the joke.—" Yes, (said the joker) it is 7ully-barred-in.---Dublin Patriot. A SIMPLE PARAGRAPH.—The London Bridge Committee, on Monday last, accompanied by Sir L. Banks, in his steam-vessel, the Favorite, paid a visit of curiosity to Sheerness Dock Yard, to see the im provements going on there, and afterwards went up the Medway to Rochester, when they landed and pro eteded to Mrs. Ballard's, the Bull Inn, where a most sumptuous dinner was provided, consisting of, turtle, venison, and every delicacy of the season, with tvhieh they expressed themselves highly gratified.--Kentish Gazette.—My eyes, how extraordinary ! STATE OF TRADE.---It is gratifying to learn that the state of trade, generally, is decidedly improving ; that confidence is fast restoring, and that a better aspect altogether is presented to the commercial world. There is always at this particular season of the year a demand for home consumption ; and from the inquiries, we have made, we find that the purchases from all parts of the country are made with more spirit, and with less hesitation, than for many previous months, and in a ratio equal to former years. Time, and the operation of circumstances, natural to a decreased production, and an improving consumption, will give that increase of prices, which will give the labourer sufficient remu neration and constant employment. The measures of Government, by allowing the import of corn, have already given great satisfaction to the majority of the people, and will produce results beneficial to the whole community.—Stockpoit Advertiser. We are continues to observe that the price of linens and yarns y ! to advance gradually but steadily i n g our market. De spinning mills are now in full em ployment, with a prospect of permanency in the de mand for yarns.—Dundee courier. The depression of trade has been severely felt i the weavers of Beith, in consequence of harne ss wor k b e i n g their principal branch of manufacture. By re turns lately made, it appears that there are 524 looms, of which 400 are standing idle. The sum of 50/, re mitted front Edinburgh for th e use ofthopirn-winders;. has been a most seasomaile relief to a number of des titute families,---Edinburg4 Evening Courant. FEVER.--- e. W regret to state th at f ever is alarm ingly on the increase throughout the City generally.— Dublin Patriot. The small-pox is raging at Wells with extraordi nary violence. There are supposed to b e not less tlutu f rom 2 to 300 children in that city now suffering from this dreadful disease..---afford Journal. The measles are now very fatal Amongst c hildren, at Whitby. Scarcely i s t h ere a day w i t h o ut four or five funerals.--,Donca s t er Gazette. EXPLOSION OF A PRIVATE STILL. • This morning, about nine o'clock, the neighbourhood of Shoreditch mid Curtain•road were thrown into great alarm by a violent report, which proceeded from a small house at the Shoreditch end of Leonard-street. Upon inquiry it turned out that the noise proceeded from the explosion of a private still, and in a few minutes after the lower part of the premises were discovered to be on fire. The in mates of the house lost no time in making their escape, the neighbours assisting and offering them an asylum in their own houses. They, however, took advantage of tI4 confusion, and knowing the consequences of their deteli tion, made an immediate retreat, leaving all their goods to the Excise-officers, who soon after arrived, arid adopted the usual plan of seizure. The fire was soon extinguished. Upon examining the premises, the remains of a still were found in a concealed part of the ground floor, at the back of the house. It was completely blown to pieces, and some portions of the frame and brick-work of the window near which it was placed were-thrown to a distance of 2 1 5 feet, into a neighbouring garden. It was difficult to *- certain what liquid had been distilled; but, from the smell, it had every appearance of gin. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CARLISLE RACES.--TIMISDAY, &err. 28. A Plate of 501., for all ages. Heats, two miles. Mr. Skipsey's h. c. Don Antonio Mr. Hudson's b. m. Lady Eastby Mr. Jackson's b. h. Mela Mr. Sharpe's Highlander 2 4 dr Mr. Jaques's b. c. by Whisker A Plate of M., for all ages. Heats, two miles and a &stance. Mr. Stephenson's hr. c. Billy Watson 1 1 Mr. Simpson's Young Corrector. Mr. Hudson's b. m. Isabella Mr. Peck's gr. c. Grey Middleharn 4 3 Mr. Jopp's b. f. Fairy Both races afforded excellent sport GLOUCESTER RACES.—WIDNZSDAY, SEPT. t 7. The Hartpury Stakes of 6 sovs. each, with 36 added from the Fund. Heat two mat*. Mr. Canning's b. nt. Palatine Mr. Bodsuluau's b. 1. Lady Bluefoot 2 2 Mr. Cooke'is Maid of Mansfield 3 dr The Severn Stakes of 5 cove. each, with SO added front the Fund, for horeec not thorough-bred. Heats, two miles. Mr. Hick's ch. g. Trooper 1 1 Mr. Clutterbuck's br. m. Creeping Jane Colonel Berkeley named Sylvania S dr ' Mr. Phillpott's ch. g. Little John die. Mr. Powelrs ch. tn. Fidget A Handicap Plate 0f . 60 sovs. for the beaten horses of the two days • the entrance money of 2 sovs. eac h t o b e g i ven to t h e second horse. Heats, two miles. Capt. F. Berkeley's Phantasms 2 1 1 Mr. Ockeuden's b. li. Orville, jun 5 0 2 Capt. A. Berkeley's Edith Mr. Day's Topsy Turvey 3 2 dr Mr. Griffith's Speculum LINCOLN RACES.—.-WICUNCIDAY, Szei. WT. His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Heats, two miles. Mr. Gascoigne's Elizabeth 1 1 Lord Milton's Beatrice Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, for two-yr-olds Half-mile. Sir J. Byng's ch. c. Pedlar, by Tramp Colonel Sibtliorpe's hr. c. by Blucklock Dr. Willis's Ruins 0 Mr. Platel's Blaze. Mr. Houldtworth's Gift The Champion Stakes of SO says, each, for three-yr-olds. Two miles. Lord Fitewilliam's Mulatto 1 Dr. Willis's b. c. Sweepstakes 2 The Macaroni Stakes of 10 says. each, p. p. Heats, two trail:. Mr. Brook's ch. g. Weeper Col. Sibthorpe'e ch. c. by Soothsayer CHESTERFIELD RACES.-FIRST DAY. A Plate of 60 ge., given by the Duke of Devondiire. Heats, two miles. Mr. Harrison's b. f. Cream v I 1 Mr. Havvortlt's gr. m. by Conlin Sir G. Shoreli's b. c. by Caton 3 3 dr Sweepstukes of 10 awes. each, for all ages. Two mile* end a half. ltir G. Sitwell's b. e. Canon 1 111 r. Houhlsworth's b. f. Elephants UTTOXETER RACES,.Monnwi t Stn. 2b. A Sweepstakes 10 says. e ac h, w ith 50 added, for all ages, two mile heats, was won by Mr. Calling's Little Stamford beat ing Mr. Probert's Alpha, and Mr. Huddleston's Small Profit. The Maynell Hunt Stakes of 6 soya. each, with 60 added, for borers not' thorough-bred, two-mile heats, was won by Mr. War ner's Rosins, beating Mr. Wragg'a Tallyho, and Mr. Wilkin son's North Star. A Sweepstakes of 2 soot. each, with t 0 added, for ponita, ono mile and a distance—Mr. Chawner's amid beat Mr. Beech's bay. A Match for 50 sova.--Afr. G. Alsop's bl. pone) , 'Vatic() beat Air. 11. Montfort's bi. poney, Sweet Briar. TIIENDAY . .—A Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 50 added, for all ages, was won in two heats by Mr. Probert's Alpha. beating Mr. Catliug's Little Stamford, Mr. Jones's gr. f. Spectre, and Mr. Huddleston's Small Profit —two drawn. A Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, with 50 added, for horses not thorough-bred, two-mile beats, was won by Mr. Parkinson's Express beating Mr. Warner's Rosina, Mr. Wragg's Tallyho. and Mr. Parkinson's Doctor Syntax. A Sweepstakes of 1 sov. each, with 50 added, for ponies, was won by Mr. 0. Alsop'a Yarico heating Mr. Chawner's cheanwt, and Mr. Langley'sdesnut. A Match 101..10 sous.--Mr. Wakefield's U. purvey but Mr. Mellor's grey poney. SANDBACH RACES.—TuissnsY. SEPT, Vd. A Plate of au, with lb added by the . 4 '.;tewards, for all ages. Heats, three time, Inuud. Mr. Blissard's Falcon Mr. Williams's Cigar,. Mr. Gritfith's b. 1. dr. A Plate of 501, milk 3 soles. added by the Shopkeepers, by Gal )(mays. Heats, three times round. Mr. CrilEth's Slender Billy Skerratt's Princess 'loyal Air. Howarth's Creeping Jane The fight between Teesdale and Sales, which was axed to take plate on Tueaday, it off. THE MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN M. There was a great supply at trade was very dull ; Turnips mil on this day s&unigl►t ; prices of ARKET...—(Tuts DAY.) this morning's market, but the id late Gages were cheaper than tuost other things stationary. a, d to s. st. Pears (half-sieve) I 6 i : Apples, Common 1 d „ 1/MoC:tinier 4 : 3 4 (i v Small Onions... ........ Orange* ( 100 ) ......... " a 6 ta 0 Lemons •........y I 6 * 3 f re l nu il o .: l: h 4 o 4 , r, t_ '4 9 l . 7 . 4 . lpeck) 4 3 : 3 ' l3 lp,lit -411 er si Berrles * 6 .5 : 8 3 F Walnuts B"kn r : l : dll :: g u t 44: l i n °2 l es . 8 11 : u( b ; uul d it e d l 1. 4 ;) i ). : _ 51 : 42 0 6 3 116 : 1 0 34 0 : 1°4 'I po t A i r ea 7 ii,u .. 1:;;r1"ie1 . ..... : 3 re ° I II 11. . . Potatoes (per cwt.) it 3 oto 8 d 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 0 8 16 Ditto Red 0 9 2 0 Cauliflowers . Vavoys ............ .... I 2 0 Horse Radish (buricile) 2 0 4 0 8r0c01i..... Celery .............. . ... 1 0 1 V Carrots (12 butiches).• 2 ( 6 0 Turnips ............ . Leek* ..... . I 6 2 Cos Lettuces (wore) . 0 6 1 Dillage klialt.sieve) 0 9 rench Beans 1 3 Damsons 1 N - Late Cages ....it.s ... 0 a 0 Common Pla p 2 0 Cucu7nburs (IV) •••••••• 0 4 at 4 '5.......('111iS DA Y. ) at ari Trustee) M KS% (lover Hay .£4 5036 6 Oat Straw .. ........ ...... I $ 110 Wheat 1 ) I tto (At per LOad r SP. JA 1. 0 ,0 4 . 1 .1 Meadow 11011 bto 4 5 Uppuol Lutist. , .. r 5:!! 1 ,„ ; 1 !N l t%low . ay 4 0 s'o "':i01 Meadow Hay 51 , Clover HAY from 4s. to sa. , . per iower than iturag iay ; prices or New Meadow Hay and Straw stationary. *ll , ~,; fed supply, and a dullish trade. towind Meadow H 0 ,13 oto 4 0 Clover Hay generally Itl to 6 0 Upland Ditto 0 110 ?Netrai7 M eadow Meadowi n i iB l Y iks ylisa tt 1.1) r: o ..* : 4: 1134 7 41 1050 lower , e1) 45 o l 50 f t fi l t °t e w it?S i ltr t;t 7W w it : " :„. u t pi - tr i . g 1 : 1 good, l a o n 4l et trade s with all but Clovvr Hay. very dull. ~,~'; s '~ r